Boot or shoe heel.



N. B. ARNOLD.

BOOT 0R SHOE HEEL] APPLICATION rum) NOV. 17, 1910.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

WITNESSES A TTURNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NELSON B. ARNOLD, OF NEW YORK, N.

poor on error: HEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

Application filed Noveniber 17, 1910. Serial No. 592,814.

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The object of the invention is t6 pro-' vide a new and improved boot orshoe heel having a tread partly made of leather and partly of rubber toprevent the wearer ,of the boot or shoe from' slipping, to relieve thejar incident to walking, and to permit convenient removal of the rubberportion of the tread and location of the same at that part of the heelusually worn out first. For the purpose mentioned use is made of arubber plate approximately in the form of a heel lift and havingoppositely raised portions spaced equidistantly from the median line ofthe plate to permit'of cutting the plate alon the median line forforming, rubber trea s for the rear outer heel portions of boots orshoes. p p

A practical" embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the boot or shoe heel as applied; Fig.2 is a rear end elevation of the same, parts being shown in section;Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view of a double rubber plate to be cut intwo in a lengthwise direction for forming the rubber plates of a pair ofshoes or boots; Fig. 4'is a a ing the worn down perspective view of thesingle'rubber plate and Fig. 5 is an edge view of the double rubberp1ate.-

It is well known that boot and shoe heels are usually worn down at therear outer portion of the heel, and in order to provide a soft andremovable tread at that rear outer portion to take up the jar and joltincident to walking, and to permit'of readily remov- I part, use is madeof a heel tread, presently to be described in detail.

The heel shown in Figs. 1 and 2'consists of a number of layers or lifts,of which the top lift forms the tread, and consists'of a leather toplift A and a rubber plate B, while the remaining lifts C, C, C arepreferably formed of leather. The top lift A has a cut-out portion, thewall or out A of each extending diagonally in a rearward direction fromthe outer side of the heel to a point at the rear of the heel a distancefrom the middle, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. The rubber plate B isshaped to fit the cutout portion of the top lift A, and for this purposethe rubber plate has a straight inner wall B abutting against the wallA,

and a flange B extending between the lift A and the next following oneC, as shown in Fig. 2. The outer side of the rubber plate B is roundedto correspond to the rear outer face of the heel, as will be readilyunderstood by reference to the drawings. Nails or pegs D are driventhrough the top lift A and the flange B into the remaining lifts G, C, Cof the boot or shoe heel, so that the top lift is fastened in place onthe heel and at the same time the lift A and the rubber plate B are heldabutting at their adjacent walls or edges. Cement or the like is used tofasten the rubber plate B in position on the lifts Aand C.

It is understood that by the arrangement described, the rubber plate Boccupies the rear outer portion of the tread of the heel, and as thistread portion is worn down first, it is evident that the rubber plate Bis worn instead of the leather parts of the heel, and this rubber. platecan be readily renewed when worn out by a new one, it only beingnecessary to remove the bottom lift A by withdrawing the nails or pegs Dand plac- -in g a new rubber plate B in position by the use of the nailsor pegs D.

In practice, a double rubber plate, such as shown in Fig. 3, ismanufactured, to permit the shoemaker or other person to readily cutthis plate in two parts along the median line :r--m, so as to providetwo single rubber plates for the heels of a pair of boots or shoes, itbeing understood that the single plates out form the double plate areright and left for the heels of the right and left shoes or boots. Thedouble rubber plate preferably consists of a layer of canvas, on whichare arranged the raised tread portions of rubber, located equidistantfrom the median line w-zv, so that when the double plate is out alongthe line a2w, the cut portions of the canvas layer projecting from theraised portions form the nailing flanges B The canvas is thinly coatedwith rubber at the under side and the portions forming the nailingflanges. In practice, the double rubber plates are made of a few dlfgemcee i ferent sizes 'to conform to the sizes of the forming rubbertreads for the rear outer v bottom layer along the median line for heelson which they are intended to be used. heelportions of a pair ofbootsvor Shoes; each.

Having thus described my invention, I rubber itread'having a nailingflange project? 15 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters inglaterally from the raised tread portion.

Patent: In testimony whereof I have signed my 'As an article ofmanufacture, a rubber mame to this specification in the presence ofplate approximately in the form of a heel two subscribing Witnesses.1ift,1- and having a thin bottom layer and raised rubber tread ortions,the latter being ON A f p spaced equidistant om the median line of thebottom layer to permit of cutting the Witnesses:

Tmo. Gr. Hos'rER, PHILIP D. RonLHAUs.

